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Financially struggling families are burdened with educational expenses, as many schools require students to purchase designated uniforms and digital devices, according to a survey.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 7, 2025
Educational expenses for schoolchildren on the rise, survey finds
The average cost of uniforms for first-year junior high and high school students has risen by about ?10,000 this year.
Brazil¡¯s president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and European Union President Ursula von der Leyen meet in Belem, Para State, Brazil, on Wednesday. Belem will host the COP30 U.N. climate summit from Monday through Nov. 21.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2025
Make COP30 about human welfare
In poor countries, parents are not kept awake by concern about achieving a 0.1 degrees Celsius temperature reduction in a century.
A worker sorts fresh fruit and vegetables at a food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on Oct. 29, days before food aid benefits, including SNAP payments, were to be suspended starting Nov. 1 amid the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2025
U.S. to pay reduced food aid benefits, but warns of weeks or months delay
SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, lapsed for the first time ever on November 1 during the federal shutdown.
The Cape Town International Convention Center in South Africa
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2025
G20 taskforce calls for global panel to tackle ¡®inequality emergency¡¯
The taskforce established by South Africa¡¯s president says that wealth disparities disrupt democracy and cause economic instability.
Bill Gates speaks at a summit on climate and growth at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris in December 2023. Gates has recently shifted his stance on climate change, advocating for a focus on adapting to a warmer world rather than pursuing emissions reductions.
COMMENTARY
Nov 2, 2025
Bill Gates is wrong to quiet-quit the climate fight
He says he¡¯s still in it. But his heart no longer appears to be. Worse, he¡¯s giving ammunition to those fighting against further progress.
Houston resident Eric Dunham approaches to receive a free lunch bag from business owner Nhan Ngo (left) and other volunteers at the Petit Beignets and Tapioca restaurant in Houston on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2025
'I can't eat': Millions risk losing food aid during U.S. shutdown
Since the federal government shut down on Oct. 1 over budget disputes, the Trump administration announced it will halt SNAP funding starting Saturday.
Volunteers sort donated food items at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank's South Los Angeles warehouse on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 1, 2025
Trump administration cannot suspend food aid benefits, U.S. judges rule
Two federal judges ruled that the administration must use contingency funds to pay for the benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown.
Federal employees line up before collecting food from a Capital Area Food Bank distribution center as the U.S. government shutdown continues in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 30, 2025
Millions set to lose food aid amid U.S. government shutdown standoff
There has been no sign of movement in the weekslong stalemate, with funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, set to lapse Saturday.
Over half of financially struggling pregnant women and new mothers in Japan have no savings, a survey by Save the Children Japan found.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2025
Over half of needy pregnant women in Japan have no savings
An official from Save the Children Japan urged the central and local governments to strengthen their support measures.
Haitian children walk past piles of garbage at the School Argentine Bellegarde, converted into a shelter for displaced people, in downtown Port-au-Prince on Oct. 3. More than 16,000 people have been killed in armed violence in Haiti since the start of 2022, the United Nations said on October 3, warning that "the worst may be yet to come."
WORLD / Society
Oct 9, 2025
'Daily struggle for survival' for Haiti children, U.N. report says
An estimated 680,000 children have been displaced by gang violence in crisis-wracked Haiti, nearly double the number from a year ago.
The World Bank has highlighted a persistent gap between younger and more experienced workers across several Asian economies in a regional economic update released Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 8, 2025
Asia¡¯s youth struggle to find good jobs, World Bank warns
The bank highlighted a persistent gap between younger and more experienced workers across several Asian economies.
Remittance inflows to low-income countries have boosted welfare, reduced poverty and strengthened economic resilience, but the Trump administration¡¯s 1% tax on the transactions threatens to undermine these critical benefits.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2025
Trump¡¯s beggar-the-poor remittance tax
America is now the world¡¯s top remittance-sending country, with at least 134 recipient countries in 2021, the most recent year with reliable bilateral data.
Moroccan youth from a collective calling itself GenZ 212 chant slogans as they rally for a seventh straight day to demand reforms to public health care and education.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 5, 2025
Gen Z anger at ruling elites is erupting across the world
There has been a surge in Gen Z demonstrations in Africa and Asia against aging leaders and corruption.
Students suffering from food poisoning after eating a meal from the government's free meal program receive treatment at the Kadungora Public Health Center in Garut, West Java on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 3, 2025
Indonesia free meals program under fire after thousands sickened
More than 1,300 children were rushed to health clinics last week after suffering from breathing difficulties, nausea and diarrhea.
Bipinkumar Padaya (center) sits with his wife and son at home in Dharavi, a slum settlement in Mumbai.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 27, 2025
In India's Mumbai, the largest slum in Asia is for sale
The plan to redevelop Dharavi, led by Mumbai authorities and billionaire tycoon Gautam Adani, reflects modern India ¡ª excessive, ambitious, and brutal.
Some 91% scholarship recipients say their livelihoods are worsening due to rising prices, with nearly 20% describing their situation as dire, according to a nonprofit organization survey.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2025
Most scholarship recipients in Japan are struggling with inflation
Over 90% of scholarship recipients are facing financial strain, with nearly 20% describing their situation as dire, a recent survey has found.
A displaced Palestinian boy carries a tent on his head as he moves south in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday.
WORLD
Sep 21, 2025
'Shocked and devastated': Gaza City assault leaves Palestinians traumatized
Israel has pummeled Gaza City with air strikes and tank fire in its bid to seize what it describes as one of Hamas' last strongholds.
Save the Children Japan domestic program chief Sonoko Kawakami speaks at a news conference in Tokyo in July. A survey conducted by the group in June has found that over 90% of low-income households with children face food insecurity.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 17, 2025
Over 90% of low-income families in Japan struggling to feed children
A survey conducted by Save the Children Japan has found that single-parent households were among those facing the most dire food insecurity.
Kinga Skiers (left) co-founded the Tokyo chapter of Food Not Bombs in 2023. The organization aims to provide the capital¡¯s homeless population with food and other essentials.
COMMUNITY / Issues / The Foreign Element
Aug 18, 2025
Solidarity with Tokyo¡¯s homeless residents, one day at a time
Since 2023, the Tokyo chapter of Food Not Bombs has been supplying vegetarian meals and everyday goods to homeless people across the city.
Beneficiaries line up to receive support at a WFP distribution center in Damboa, Borno State, Nigeria, on Sunday.
WORLD
Jul 24, 2025
Millions go hungry in Nigeria as aid dries up and jihadists surge
The limited food will soon run out by the end of July as Western aid cuts ¡ª including the dismantling of USAID ¡ª send humanitarian programs into a tailspin.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan¡¯s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France ¡ª where he had lived since he was a young child ¡ª stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India¡¯s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
Takaichi calls for the updating of 911±¬ÁÏÍø economic security law
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to a panel on promoting economic security in Japan on Friday.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo¡¯s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ¡®There¡¯s beauty in what we throw away¡¯
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India¡¯s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ¡®Mishima¡¯ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima¡¯s legacy, Paul Schrader¡¯s biopic ¡°Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters¡± was blocked from screening in the country for decades.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Bear attacks have dominated 911±¬ÁÏÍø news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan¡¯s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
By Yukana Inoue

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